Mario Flores Chemor

Attorney at Law (Mexico) , Solicitor (England & Wales) , LL.M in International Dispute Resolution - Arbitration

Dual-qualified lawyer with deep expertise in all aspects of football law and sports arbitration.

About

Mario is an Attorney-at-law (Mexico) and Solicitor (England & Wales) with over 10 years of experience in sports law, particularly football, and sports arbitration. His experience includes senior roles within FIFA’s legal department and the European Club Association.

He specialises in advising clients on contractual, regulatory, disciplinary and governance issues within football. He also acts for clients in arbitral proceedings, notably before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Previously, he practised at a leading UK sports law firm.

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Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

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Experience

Career
Memberships
Education
  • 2025-present: Attorney-at-law, Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne

  • 2021-2025: Judge at the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and Agents’ Chamber 

  • 2020-2025: Head of Sports Legal, European Club Association 

  • 2019-2020: Associate, Morgan Sports Law 

  • 2014-2019: Group Leader and Legal Counsel, FIFA 

  

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) 

  • Association Suisse du Droit du Sport (ASDS) 

  • Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the LCIA 

  • 2025: Admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales
  • 2020: LL.M., Queen Mary, University of London 
  • 2012: Admitted as an Attorney-at-law in Mexico (Abogado) 
  • 2011: LL.B., Instituto Tecnólogico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) 

 

Contact

Lausanne

Place Saint-François 1
P.O. Box
CH-1001 Lausanne

Phone +41 58 200 33 00
Fax +41 58 200 33 11

info.lausanne@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Contact

Mario Flores Chemor
Tel. 0582003396

mario.flores@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich

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